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broken
English
- 🔊 physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split“a broken mirror”
- 🔊 (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded“broken (or unkept) promises”
- 🔊 not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly“broken lines of defense”
- 🔊 lacking a part or parts“a broken set of encyclopedia”
- 🔊 discontinuous“broken clouds”
- 🔊 out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')“a broken washing machine”
- 🔊 destroyed financially“the broken fortunes of the family”
- 🔊 weakened and infirm“broken health resulting from alcoholism”
- 🔊 thrown into a state of disarray or confusion“troops fleeing in broken ranks”
- 🔊 imperfectly spoken or written“broken English”
- 🔊 subdued or brought low in condition or status“brought low”
- 🔊 topographically very uneven“broken terrain”
- 🔊 tamed or trained to obey“a horse broken to the saddle”
Spanish
- 🔊 entrecortado broken
- 🔊 partido broken
- 🔊 quebrado broken
- 🔊 rompido broken
- 🔊 roto broken
- 🔊 discontinuo broken, interrupted
- 🔊 estropeado broken, out of order
- 🔊 frito broken, busted, screwed
- 🔊 quebrantado broken, shattered (often figuratively)
- 🔊 barrancoso broken, uneven, full of cliffs or ravines
- 🔊 petado broken, busted, crashed (usually referring to electronics or machines).